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TIL that all tweets you will ever send are archived to the library of congress.

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5YBNB TIL the wheels of a train are actually called train wheels / rail wheels :o
ZYbv TIL that the phenomenon of occupational sudden death in Japan is so common, that they invented a word for it: Karōshi (“death from overwork”).
7rdbX TIL of the time footballer (later manager) Mark Hughes played in two matches, in two separate countries, on the same day. In November 1987, he played for Wales against Czechoslovakia in Prague. After the game he was quickly flown to Germany where he came on as a substitute for Bayern Munich.
LvXp TIL that half of all the deaths since the beginning of time have been caused by Malaria
Lkr9p TIL that music can be perceived in a faster or slower tempo - this is due to being in a physiological flow state, music might seem slower when focussed and faster when it's in the background